July 28 – October 7, 2023
Please note: the reception will end at 12 pm on saturday, october 7.
Artist Statement
Why is there something rather than nothing remains a central question in philosophy? Essentially it is a question pertaining to metaphysics, the first principals of things that include being, knowing and identity. The concept of, The Serpent’s Egg is based on a Greek myth, The Orphic Egg, where the cosmic egg, embraced by a serpent was the source of the universe, a metaphysical consideration. The serpent, the red snake, is an image I have explored within my work for many years. It is an image that has been historically mythologized and symbolically represented with a doctrine of opposing principles. My interest in this symbolic image of the Orphic Egg and the Serpent as a creative life force is primarily associated historically aligning it with transformation, rebirth, fertility, wisdom, healing, the renewal of life as well as the Axis Mundi, the umbilical between the physical and the mystical.
-Ted Fullerton
Ted Fullerton is a Canadian artist who works in painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture and has achieved awards in all four media. As a figurative artist his work is symbolic in nature. The conceptual foundation and ideology within his artistic practice is humanist in nature emphasizing the notion of belief, purpose and relationships: being and becoming. Ted Fullerton was recently invited by the European Cultural Centre to exhibit in Venice, Italy during the 2022 Venice Biennale at the exhibition venues of Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Marinaressa Gardens. As an educator, he was professor and head of the Fine Art Program at Georgian College, School of Design and Visual Art from 1978-2013.
Details
July 28 – October 7, 2023
Exhibition Installation Photos
Ted Fullerton gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario
